tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post8074561303602938028..comments2015-03-03T17:43:34.948+00:00Comments on Alternative Chat :: A Warcraft Blog: Black Hole SunAlternative Chathttps://plus.google.com/104354499758959842237noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-71801111834615362112014-07-16T13:19:01.383+01:002014-07-16T13:19:01.383+01:00A GM article I would very much like to read to see...A GM article I would very much like to read to see if my experiences are similar.<br /><br /><br />Sorry for massive wall of comment. :)<br /><br /><br />Got pulled in again last night for our new every other week 25 man run, first boss is a yawn for any group with a high percentage of decently geared folk. 2nd does require some awareness and coordination. Then we come to Nourshen......<br /><br />/Shakes fist<br /><br />I will admit for only a second time trying getting down to 10% before enrage is not bad, however many in the group are geared well beyond this fight so its just the mechanics, and I feel a bit of an issue because some are so geared they destroy the portal encounters forcing adds out much faster, don&#39;t get me started on dealing with 5 orbs in that fight. But I digress. My wife made a comment after we downed Immerseus. <br /><br /><b>This isn&#39;t fun any more.</b><br /><br />Kind of ironic timing. She is part of the 10 man progression team, and they only downed Thok on regular last week, after spending all of this time slowly progressing forward. THey still have 3 to go and a long stretch of learning and figuring what works and what does not. They have their sights set on getting to the end, but my fear is there may be a nerf looming on the horizon as more and more start to take breaks and those experienced and geared enough start taking summer breaks. It all ceased to be fun for me a long time ago. A look at my raiding, and I will include LFR, up to Siege was a full dance card, many LFR runs, and a decent amount of Normal attempts, and even a few going back to the beginning Heroic bosses in MV. I don&#39;t think it is even a case of how long we have been in this portion of the expansion. Once I had my 1 Garrosh LFR downing back in November, I honestly had no desire to go back in to do it on Normal. And that is telling in itself. I should be a challenge of course, but it should be compelling enough that you really want to get in there and do it again and again. Somewhere along the road it became less about why we want to get the bad guy, and more about getting specific best in slot pieces of gear. And they have adjusted RNG to compensate for it, forcing if you will, us to come back week after week. I saw yesterday someone Tweet about having 260 wipes. That is just incomprehensible to me. I know for many it is what they enjoy and what drives them to play, but it should be more a feeling of Oh yeah, we got you, yes, /dance, /cheer, ^5&#39;s all around, not thank gawd we don&#39;t ever have to do that again.<br /><br />As an example our progression team took 3 weeks to get Thok, but now in guild chat there are comments, &quot;Hey, remember when we killed that Dinosaur?&quot; 3 weeks to work on a fight and get it down, does not seem to bad, until you consider at that rate it is 42 weeks for the tier. 8 months doing the same over and over. My fear is none will have any desire to do Heroic by the end of the expansion.<br /><br />Personally, this last tier has turned me off raiding. Maybe it is just the overwhelming amount of things to do that if 1 person misses it&#39;s a wipe, or it is just too much to keep track of, I don&#39;t know. But for me, it is no where near fun to do anymore. So I work on GM stuff, and help outfit and equip those that want to, to have the best chance at success.marathalbthttp://marathalbt.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-72658654908975742392014-07-16T12:18:41.896+01:002014-07-16T12:18:41.896+01:00My youngest was the reason I started playing Warcr...My youngest was the reason I started playing Warcraft. Nine years on she doesn&#39;t know a world without Warcraft as a part of it.<br /><br />Proportion&#39;s a scary thing :PAlternative Chathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09142421045872583295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-48957963366479890012014-07-16T12:06:24.233+01:002014-07-16T12:06:24.233+01:00By the way the baby is our shadow priest&#39;s sec...By the way the baby is our shadow priest&#39;s second and she was kind enough to share some photos with the guild. Our newest guildie is adorable....for a human ;)alaphnullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471401476592161282noreply@blogger.com